Explore the Family Name Levitsky

The meaning of Levitsky

Russian, Ukrainian, and Jewish (from Ukraine and Belarus): from the Russian adjective levitskiy ‘Levitical’. As a Jewish name it denotes members of the hereditary caste of Levites (see Levi). As a Slavic name it is an ornamental name with Biblical associations, which was adopted mainly by students of religious high schools. Some characteristic forenames: Russian Boris, Leonid, Lyubov, Mikhail, Vladimir, Arkady, Daniil, Gleb, Guennadi, Nikolay, Oleg, Sergey. Jewish Yakov, Asher, Isaak.

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How common is the last name Levitsky in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Levitsky has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 30,791 in popularity and slipped down to 32,268 in 2010, marking a drop of 4.8%. However, the count of individuals with this surname remained steady at 714 over the decade. Accordingly, the proportion per 100,000 people also saw a minor decline of 7.69%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,791	#32,268	-4.8%
Count	714	714	0%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Levitsky

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Levitsky surname identify as White, accounting for 97.06% in 2000 and increasing slightly to 97.62% in 2010. A minimal percentage (0.84% in 2000 and 1.40% in 2010) identified as Hispanic. In 2000, there was an incidence of the surname among those identifying with two or more races, but this was not the case in 2010. There were no instances of the surname found within Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.06%	97.62%	0.58%
Hispanic	0.84%	1.4%	66.67%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.4%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%